Broom



Aug. 2l, 1923.

F. P. PRENDERGAST BROOM Filed sept. 14 1921 JPY/D; Prende/yast Patented ug. 21, 1923.'

rRA'Ni r. IRiannnneiis'r, or KERSEY, rENNsYLvANIA.

vApplication sied september i4, 1921.y seriai No. 500,477.

To all fwliomizt con-cern.'

Be it known that l, FRANK l). PRENDER- GAsr, a citizen of the United States, residing to that class of such devices in which the Y handle is separably connected with the head.k A It is a well recognized` actgthat brooms which have their heads and handlesvperma` nently secured together cannot beconveniently packed for shipment because .ofthev odd shape of the articles, and during ship ment the bundles are liable to become broken l or the brooms damaged. Also in the 'use of the ordinary broom, when the head becomes considerably worn, the entire article 'is usually discarded notwithstanding the fact that the handle may bein perfectI condition.

Therefore,A the present inventionhasas its generaliobject to provide a .novel means whereby the head and handleof a broom or similar article may be readily assembledV and separated so that theseparts may be'V separately manufactured and likewise separately packed for shipment and sold. ,Likewise it is an object ofthe invention to avoid the waste incident to throwing away. of the handle of the ordinarybroom when the head ent invention permitting of the `repeated c use; of the hand-le by the substitution of one broom'head for anotherY as these parts be-,

plete broom after purchase. Another object of the invention is toso construct the connecting means for the head ration, vand the connection renderedzrigid. A still urtheri object of the invention: is

articles of this class inasmuch as by the emparts illustrated-"in Figure 4;

' thereof becomes worn, the device of the presness by the purchaser whereas it is seldom that the purchaser will carry away a com' and handle of the brooni that, while the'parts. may" be readily separated when required,- they may ordinarily kbe locked against sepa'- to provide afconnection of the class referred Y' to which will to thebroom a neat and sanitary appearance; Y,

The inventionalsohas as its object to economize in material inthe manufacture of ployment of theV connection embodying the invention, therwooden handle may be formed p shorterl Vthan isfcustomary.

In theV accompanying drawings:Y Figure l is a vertical transverse sectional `view throughv a broom embodying thefpresent invention; f

vFigure 2 isa the lineQ-Q ofFigure l; Y Y Y v Y.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional View inv Vdet-ail on the liner-V-B of Figure l; 1 i

Figurege is a detail sectional Y'view taken 'verticalsectional view on Y substantially 1 on 'the line` 4 4 of `Figure 2l i illustrating the partspartly separated; VvFigurey 5 is adeta'ill view of one ofthe Figure 6 isa plan view ofthe blank from which .the socketmember ofthedevice is numeral 2 the handle, these parts being clesigned to be connected by the device embodying the-invention.y The handle 2 may beV of the'usualorm and is adapted tobe fitted. at its lower end into a socket member carried by the broom head l,.the said end of theY handle, .fora purpose to be presently eXplainedVbeing` turned down .to 'form a rounded head 3 and a neck'i of smallerA diameterthan thelhead. 'Y

The .socket member referred to above is indicated in general by ther-'numeral 5 and. the saine comprises a cylindrical sleeve 6 formed from a blank. such tisillustrated inv Figure 6 ofthe drawings, the blank being initially substantially re'ctangularfin iormY and being rolled to vthe required shape andi its longitudinal edges brought together. The head l which is built` up of broom straws, is constructed about the socket member as bestshown'inrFigure l of the drawings, andy the upper :ends of the broom straws are bunched andtightly bound about the upper i 8O Vin general the VheadV `of a broom and the f this wire being anchoredito tongues 10 which Y are struck out fromV the lower end portionlv 0f 'Chefsaid socket memberiand take the place c offthe usual tack driven linto.the-,handle.,off

the ordinary broom, the opposite end or the wire, after it is wrapped around the straw, being lanchored to other tongues 8 whichare struck out from the upper end portion oi:A

the saidrsocket member. l

The upper end oit the sleeve 6 of the socket member` projects above'the upper end ofthe broom head 1 a short distance and is open so as to receive thelower end oi the handle 2, the parts being so proportioned that the 'handle "will tit snugly within the Vsocket member when inserted into'place. i In order that the handle may be retained in placewithin the socketmember, resilient locking tongues 11 are stamped out trom the'blanle from which the'socket member is formedand are deiected inwardly along curved lines so as to projectanto, the socket member 6 andy Jrictionally Yengage the neck 4 of the handle aboye the head 3 for the purpose stated.

Inorder to cover the upperportion ofthe broom hea-d 1 which is'bound by the wrapping 7, there is provided aV capfmember which is'indicated in general bythe numeral 12 and which comprises a hollow b'ulged body 13 vadapted to the ltted down over the handle 2 to iit over the said wrapped ,or

bound portion of the broom head 1 as best shown in Figure 1 ofthe drawings. upper portion of the body 13 is contracted to form'the neck 14 adapted to surround the upper end of the socket member 6 and Y its upper edge may be Hanged inwardly,

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as at 15, so as toadapt the neck to snugly` liit about 'the handle and. over the upper as indicated by the, numeral 18. The'screw eye 16 is itted through an opening 19 formed in the neck 1401i' the cap member 12 and is threaded into the handle 2. At this point it will beevident that when the capV member 12 has been secured to the 'handle 'ata point suitably elevated above the lower' end of the'handle, the handlemay be vfitted into the socket member 6 and in thus assembling` the parts't-he cap member will be passeddownwardly over the wrapped upper end of the broom head thus covering this end and concealing the wrapping 7. l It will also beV evident that inasmuch as theV cap membery serves to conceal the wrapping 7 this wrapping may be appliedwith less care screw eye l'and -at the same time provide the socket member is formed is provided in jthe lshankfof'the'screw eye-linay pass down The f andhavingits ends anchored on ,at the ends of the tube.- 4than ordinarily required Vtobe used, .and Y `may constitute wfewer `'turn'sl'ofcwire than ordinarily given. A

1 InV order to 'accommodate"theishankofthe .f

means whereby the handle may be securely locked to the socket memberl 6 against withdrawal Vfrom the same, the blank from which its upper leorners with notches 2O and has its said corners cut diagonally above the notches, :as indicated by the numeral 21, so that when the blank is formed up into the completed vided at its upper end with an approximately circular opening 22 and with a ta* pered throat 23 providing an entrance to the said opening 22 and opening through the upper end edge ofthesleeve 6 of thesocke't member. By reference to Figure 4 offthe'" drawings Vit will be `understood 'thatlwhen the parts arejto'be assembled, the screw eye socket member, fthis member will be pro- 17 'may be given abackward quarter turn so as to bring'the notches'18 into' vertical posi- `tion or inother words parallel to the axis oi" the b room Ahandle @and as thef'shank ,17 between thefnotches is ofa thickness slightly less than vthe width ofthe throat 231atits vpoint of ,communication-with the opening 22,

into theopening 22 asshownv in the said Figui-e4, as the handle 2 is fitted into place in the socket member 5. When the shank 17 of the screw' eye has been introduced into the across the said opening and as this portion of the shank-is of a width greater thanthe widthoi the 'throat'23, the screw eye shank will be retained within the opening; "If found desirable, thisumeans alone may be employed for the' purpose of retaining the handle within vthe socket member, .in which event the locking tongues V11 may be `disipensed with as also the head 3 and neck 4 at the lower end of the handle 2, and the said locking tongues may 'bebent inwardly beneatliathe lower end of the handle.

i Having thus described the invention, `whatA is claimed as 2new is:

, In abroom.' the `combination with a broom head and handle, of a handle-receiving socket in thehead consisting of a tube having lateral tongues at its ends and con-"Y structed near its yupper end with an opening,

Vand a restricted ,entrance leading from its lupper edge Ainto said opening. a locking member carried by the handle and constructed to pass through said 4entrance into said opening and be turned into locking engage vment with the opening, and a'binding'wire opening 22, the screw eye is given but `a" quarter turn so'that the=portion of the shank lbetween the ynotches 18 will be positioned wrapped around the Aupper'end of the head :the tongues 2; Inan article ofthe class described, a

an 'opening andu withafthroat communicating with the opening and of 'a lwidth less munieatinplr With4 the opening, a handle re-V movably ttedat one end into the said socket member, and a locking' element rotatably carriedVY by the handle and having a shank provided in its opposite sides with notches to receive the Walls of the throat in one position of said element to permit the shank of the element to pass into the saidV opening,

the shank of the element between the notches being.rr of a Width greater'than thev Width of the throat# Y H l 'y In testimony whereof I my signature. FRANK P. PRENDERGAST. [L su] Y 

